Grind Cafe Phuket

Restaurant · Ko Kaeo

A large café-restaurant beside the Junkyard Theatre on the Phuket bypass road in Rassada, right next to IKEA, hidden behind a tall hedge.

Restaurant

About Grind Cafe Phuket

A café-restaurant you could drive past for years: it hides behind a tall hedge beside IKEA on the bypass road, next to the Junkyard Theatre. Inside, every centimetre is dressed with objects, frames and old windows, and each corner has its own sofas — a magnet for photo shoots. The surprise is that the food is good too: Thai salads and noodles with a twist and a few Western plates, at modest prices.

Also known as Grind Cafe Phuket at Junkyard Theatre, The Grind Cafe

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Cuisine

A short menu of Western salads and Thai dishes with a twist, well presented.

Dishes

Seafood papaya salad 230 THB; spicy salad with grilled Australian ribeye 165 THB; green mango salad with grilled snapper 145 THB.

Pad see ew 75 THB; pad thai with prawns 95 THB; pineapple fried rice with prawns 175 THB.

Setting

Every surface is decorated — objects, frames, old windows — and each corner has its own style of seats and sofas; a favourite backdrop for photos.

Getting there

On the bypass road right next to IKEA, behind a large hedge; parking in front.